
Trithioarsenite, also called sulfarsenite, is the trianion . It is a pyramidal anion, as is typical of other compounds. It is generated by treatment of
with a
sulfide
Sulfide (also sulphide in British English) is an inorganic anion of sulfur with the chemical formula S2− or a compound containing one or more S2− ions. Solutions of sulfide salts are corrosive. ''Sulfide'' also refers to large families o ...
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A fundamental synthetic trithioarsenite is , which features the pyramidal .
Thioarsenites are components of many
sulfosalt minerals
Sulfosalt minerals are sulfide minerals with the general formula , where
*A represents a metal such as copper, lead, silver, iron, and rarely mercury (element), mercury, zinc, vanadium
*B usually represents semi-metal such as arsenic, antimony, b ...
. An example is relatively common mineral
proustite
Proustite is a sulfosalt mineral consisting of silver sulfarsenide, Ag3 As S3, known also as ruby blende, light red silver, arsenic-silver blende or ruby silver ore, and an important source of the metal. It is closely allied to the corresponding ...
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[Trevelyan B. 1969: The electro-optic effect in proustite. Optical and Quantum Electronics, 1(1), pp. 1969]
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Silver is a chemical element; it has Symbol (chemistry), symbol Ag () and atomic number 47. A soft, whitish-gray, lustrous transition metal, it exhibits the highest electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, and reflectivity of any metal. ...
(I) trithioarsenite.
References
Sulfosalt minerals
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